Summary

Portrait medal of Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771-1802) by Dubour. One of the Galerie Metallique des Grand Hommes Francais series. Minted in Paris, 1826.

Obverse Description

Bust facing left; around, M.F. XAVIER BICHAT.; below in smaller lettering the artist's name, L. DUBOUR. F.

Reverse Description

Legend in eight lines: NE / A THOIRETTE / EN M.DCC.LXXI. / MORT / EN M.DCCC.II. / GALERIE METALLIQUE / DES GRAND HOMMES FRANCAIS. / 1826.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

French anatomist and physiologist sometines called the father of modern histology and descriptive anatomy

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